"[Great hammerhead sharks] don't survive after being taken out of the water," Cobb explained, saying that the stress usually causes a hammerhead shark to have lactic acid build up that cannot be reversed, which often leads to death.

"It will die within two weeks," she said. "Absolutely no doubt about it."

In the video Cobb recorded, she was heard screaming at the people on the beach to "get the shark back in the water."